caling all gardeners....I need your help!!!

[kfeusse]

I live in Northern Nebraska. Zone 5....but right on the edge of zone 4.

 

I just found some seeds that I forgot I bought ...herbs like parsely and basil as well as zinna and daisies. Is it too late to plant these outside? Will I still get to enjoy them? It has been a rough spring...we had snow and freezing rain in April and the temps were pretty chilly into May...so don't think I oculd have planted them much earlier (unless I started them inside)...but is it too late???

 

thanks.

[TravelingChris]

No for the zinnias, anyway. I think they will all grow but depending on the kind of daisies they are, I don't know that does ones will bloom. Are these a type of annual daisies? WHat does the package say about time to bloom?

[mommymilkies]

I'm not sure, it really depends on the variety and micro-climates, as well as whatever craziness the weather gives us this year. I would say it is perfectly fine. I just planted out all of those except for daisies and I've planted later with them being totally fine. But I'm 5B bordering 6A. Basil can be planted in a container and brought inside if it gets too cold.

[TravelingChris]

I will try to explain myself better. Zinnias are fairly fast growing and blooming and don't like transplantation. You should get blooms with them. Parsley and basil are herbs you just want the leaves from them and so they will do fine. Now about the daisies- that is not a scientific name and there are scores of plants called daisy for common. Some of those plants are annuals, some are perennials. One type of the perennial will bloom the first year if planted early enough. I can't tell you what will happen to your daisies since I don't know what type of plant seeds you have. I would think that if you have the plants that are perennial, even if they don't bloom this year, they will bloom next year so might as well plant them now. If they are annuals, I would check days to bloom on the packet, look up your frost date in the fall (late summer?) and then see if you have enough time.

[kfeusse]

thank you ...hopefully I ccan get them planted tomorrow then....

[LostSurprise]

It should be fine (I'm in zone 4). Its definitely not too late.

 

I've had limited success with the direct seeding of zinnia, daisy, and basil. They do better if you sprout them indoors or 'wintersow' them by putting them in an enclosed container with dirt and water...then transplant them out. You could do that and get a late planting (my experience with zinnias are limited so your mileage may vary).

[OrganicAnn]

You might as well plant all the flowers out. What have you to lose? The Basil doesn't like cold, so you might look on your weather outlook to see if there is any chance of a cold night, wait to plant the basil.

[merry gardens]

Parsley is a bi-annual. In zone 5/4 it can survive one winter and be ready for use again the next year in early spring.